Madara, pay the price for your betrayal today

"This Five Kage Summit has now officially concluded. Would you five Kage care to tour our Land of Iron?" the Leader of the Land of Iron asked after formally announcing the summit's conclusion.

"I'll pass. There's still plenty of government business waiting for me back in the village." Reto rose first, shook his head, and put on his Kazekage hat before leaving with Shamon and Chiyo behind him. They had already obtained the One-Tail, so their goal for this trip had been achieved.

The other three Kage also left, each citing village business, leaving only the Hokage at the venue.

After hearing that Hashirama would be leaving shortly too, the Leader of the Land of Iron left first. As the country's leader, he naturally had plenty of matters to attend to himself. He couldn't stay here keeping the Hokage company all alone.

"Mm, the Five Great Shinobi Villages are balanced now, more or less. We've entered a Peaceful Era. But what should we do with this extra Seven-Tails?" A relieved smile spread across Hashirama's face. The peace he had longed for had finally arrived.

Then Hashirama looked at the scroll in his hand, marked "Seven-Tails." This was a bit of a headache. No village wanted this extra tailed beast, and he couldn't put him in Konoha, could he?

The Land of Lightning had bought the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, the Land of Earth had bought the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, and the Land of Water had bought the Three-Tails and Six-Tails. The Land of Wind had only bought the One-Tail. Hashirama had originally planned to sell the Seven-Tails to Sunagakure as well, but the place was so poor that scraping together enough money for even one tailed beast had already been difficult. Hashirama had even considered giving him away for free, but